Commons Capital 13F annual report

Commons Capital is an investment fund managing more than $83 billion ran by Jonathan Straus. There are currently 56 companies in Mr. Straus’s portfolio. The largest investments include NVIDIA Corp and Apple Inc, together worth $25.9 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$83 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 26th July 2024, Commons Capital’s top holding is 140,731 shares of NVIDIA Corp currently worth over $17.4 billion and making up 20.9% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of NVIDIA Corp, Commons Capital owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 40,511 shares of Apple Inc worth $8.53 billion, whose value grew 17.5% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Amazon.com worth $5.63 billion and the next is Microsoft worth $5.28 billion, with 11,805 shares owned.

Currently, Commons Capital's portfolio is worth at least $83 billion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Commons Capital

The Commons Capital office and employees reside in Needham, Massachusetts. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Jonathan Straus serves as the Chief Compliance Officer at Commons Capital.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Commons Capital revealed that it had opened a new position in Recursion Pharmaceuticals In and bought 111,107 shares worth $833 million.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in NVIDIA Corp by buying 126,860 additional shares. This makes their stake in NVIDIA Corp total 140,731 shares worth $17.4 billion. NVIDIA Corp dropped 75.3% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Commons Capital is getting rid of from its portfolio. Commons Capital closed its position in Tesla Inc on 2nd August 2024. It sold the previously owned 5,147 shares for $905 million. Jonathan Straus also disclosed a decreased stake in Jpmorgan Chase Co. by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $1.55 billion and 7,664 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Commons Capital are Central Asset Investments & Management (hk) Ltd and Anchor Capital Management Company. They manage $83 billion and $83.1 billion respectively.


Jonathan Straus investment strategy

Commons Capital’s portfolio is diversified across 9 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Technology — making up 50.3% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 50.0% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 46% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only approximately 0.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $339 billion.

The complete list of Commons Capital trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 2nd based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
NVIDIA Corp
914.57%
140,731
$17,385,907,000 20.95%
Apple Inc
5.44%
40,511
$8,532,438,000 10.28%
Amazon.com Inc.
3.30%
29,146
$5,632,385,000 6.79%
Microsoft Corporation
6.59%
11,805
$5,276,437,000 6.36%
Alphabet Inc
2.38%
31,619
$5,764,093,000 6.94%
Palo Alto Networks Inc
2.88%
11,103
$3,764,028,000 4.53%
Broadcom Inc
8.19%
2,009
$3,224,972,000 3.89%
Meta Platforms Inc
3.78%
5,077
$2,559,803,000 3.08%
Costco Whsl Corp New
8.10%
2,750
$2,337,507,000 2.82%
Unitedhealth Group Inc
4.52%
3,770
$1,920,068,000 2.31%
Honeywell International Inc
5.64%
8,422
$1,798,428,000 2.17%
Jpmorgan Chase Co.
4.21%
7,664
$1,550,163,000 1.87%
Ishares Tr
0.01%
17,521
$1,957,997,000 2.36%
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
9.02%
2,405
$1,330,025,000 1.60%
ServiceNow Inc
7.77%
1,678
$1,320,032,000 1.59%
Enphase Energy Inc
8.15%
12,692
$1,265,519,000 1.52%
Toronto Dominion Bk Ont
2.22%
20,677
$1,136,410,000 1.37%
Zoetis Inc
14.58%
6,485
$1,124,172,000 1.35%
American Tower Corp.
18.64%
4,933
$958,919,000 1.16%
Adobe Inc
11.27%
1,649
$916,085,000 1.10%
Tesla Inc
Closed
5,147
$904,774,000
General Dynamics Corp.
17.45%
3,042
$882,473,000 1.06%
Spdr Gold Tr
3.62%
3,988
$857,460,000 1.03%
Recursion Pharmaceuticals In
Opened
111,107
$833,302,000 1.00%
Intercontinental Exchange In
2.17%
5,868
$803,330,000 0.97%
Tjx Cos Inc New
25.26%
6,173
$679,670,000 0.82%
Oreilly Automotive Inc
17.39%
621
$655,813,000 0.79%
British Amern Tob Plc
92.57%
20,803
$643,451,000 0.78%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
2.52%
5,487
$631,660,000 0.76%
Medifast Inc
Opened
27,437
$598,675,000 0.72%
Albemarle Corp.
Closed
3,644
$480,084,000
Schwab Strategic Tr
No change
6,154
$478,530,000 0.58%
Pepsico Inc
61.25%
2,896
$477,632,000 0.58%
Walmart Inc
0.67%
5,605
$379,515,000 0.46%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Opened
8,546
$354,934,000 0.43%
Conocophillips
0.57%
2,813
$321,715,000 0.39%
Johnson Johnson
8.65%
2,049
$299,416,000 0.36%
Home Depot, Inc.
1.82%
864
$297,363,000 0.36%
Applied Matls Inc
5.87%
1,235
$291,349,000 0.35%
Public Storage Oper Co
10.18%
963
$277,033,000 0.33%
Cheniere Energy Inc.
Opened
1,552
$271,300,000 0.33%
Eli Lilly Co
Opened
290
$262,336,000 0.32%
Sprott Fds Tr
Opened
5,174
$254,768,000 0.31%
Procter And Gamble Co
1.16%
1,536
$253,262,000 0.31%
Nuveen Sp 500 Buy-write Inc
2.98%
17,818
$240,541,000 0.29%
Techprecision Corp
No change
69,413
$238,087,000 0.29%
Digital Rlty Tr Inc
Opened
1,540
$234,125,000 0.28%
Uber Technologies Inc
Opened
3,201
$232,649,000 0.28%
Eaton Vance Enhanced Equity
0.36%
10,657
$232,116,000 0.28%
Principal Financial Group In
Closed
2,628
$226,835,000
Perma-fix Environmental Svcs
No change
21,975
$222,607,000 0.27%
Philip Morris International Inc
Opened
2,131
$215,934,000 0.26%
Proshares Tr
1.20%
2,787
$212,653,000 0.26%
Realty Income Corp.
Closed
3,863
$209,013,000
Welltower Inc.
Opened
1,999
$208,424,000 0.25%
Netflix Inc.
Opened
308
$207,863,000 0.25%
Mcdonalds Corp
Closed
737
$207,752,000
Soundhound Ai Inc
Opened
23,092
$91,213,000 0.11%
Medical Pptys Trust Inc
0.21%
17,970
$77,453,000 0.09%
Opko Health Inc
No change
16,300
$20,375,000 0.02%
Sw Seed Co
No change
15,000
$5,400,000 0.01%
No transactions found
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